Allies Ready to Press On as German Setback Persisted
Paris reports that Allied forces hold confidence after a recent German reverse. Allied advances occur between the Somme and Oise while Belgian troops defend Antwerp. German cavalry on bicycles appears as horses run short. Russian activity claims to cut Germany off from horse supply.
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Arras
Somme
Oise
Lassigny
Aisne
Soissons
Berry Au Bac
Antwerp
Rupel
Netpe
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Highwayman Shot In Revolver Duel In Portland
Frank J. Thorman of Oroville California, a deserter from Mare Island Coast Artillery, was shot likely fatally in a suburban Portland duel after attempting a trolley car robbery. L. H. Thompson, a trolley motorman, was his counterpart. Thorman had served two enlistments and four sisters and his parents reside in Oroville. One sister lives at 532 Williams Avenue in Portland.
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Portland
Ore
Frank J. Thorman
Oroville
Cal
L. H. Thompson
Thorman
Mare Island Coast Artillery Corps
Williams Avenue
Battleship Minnesota Sails to Mexican Waters
The battleship Minnesota flagship of the Atlantic fleet sailed from Philadelphia for Mexican waters after a week at the navy yard for repairs. The ship carries bunkers and stores enough for six months.
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Minnesota
Philadelphia
Atlantic Fleet
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Mexican
Navy Yard
Germany’s 42 centimeter siege guns and secrecy
A Reichstag budget committee member recounts the origin of Germany’s 42 cm siege mortars used at Liege Namur and along the Aisne. He notes the secret tests the government ordered and the push to keep the project confidential as officers debated it within the budget process. He recalls the general staff urging silence on the Arms clause during committee discussions.
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Berlin
Reichstag
Liege
Namur
Aisne
Germany
Neue Zuercher Zeitung
Department of Arms
City Trustees Hold Regular Session Amid Street Complaints
City trustees met at the town hall to hear complaints about street dirt dumps by contractors and nuisance issues on private lots. The matter was referred to City Attorney Freeman and the street committee for action.
Attack on Antwerp Slackening Reported
BORDEAUX Oct 6 The attack on Antwerp is reported slackening with part of the German forces said to be sent to aid General Von Kluck whose army is in a dangerous position due to the turning movement by the allies.
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Bordeaus
Antwerp
von Kluck
Vienna Hospitals Overcrowded As War Strains City
Oct 6 Vienna reports extreme crowding in the city hospital and eleven temporary asylums for sick and wounded soldiers. The City Council plans 10,000 new beds in wooden barrack hospitals while the University of Vienna block houses wounded troops. Thousands face destitution and potential starvation with free meals aimed at 100,000 daily. Government authorization sought to import 1,000 tons Argentine beef due to meat shortages.
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Vienna
Paris
University of Vienna
Austria
Four Men Killed in Clash With Industrial Workers of the World
Four men were killed today along the Great Northern railway during clashes between citizens and an Industrial Workers of the World band. The group encountered resistance in Poplar on the Fort Peck Indian reservation, then in Chelsea where a crowd attacked a railcar, injuring a civil engineer and two travelers. At Wolf Point another fatality occurred as the band attempted to forage. The group was surrounded by Indians and sheriffs and taken into custody.
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Great Falls
Mont
Poplar
Fort Peck
Chelsea
Wolf Point
Ara
Ports Close at Sunset Fiume Orders Ports Sealed
Fiume naval authorities close all Hungarian ports from an hour before sunset to an hour after sunrise amid fears of English and French fleet incursions in the Adriatic. A Bucharest dispatch also says Roumania bans flour exports.
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Venice
Italy
Paris
Adriatic
Fiume
Bucharest
Roumania
England Prohibits Export of Wool
London October 6 The government issued an order prohibiting the exportation of raw wool from England to any other country.
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London
England
Vienna Reports Favorable Progress Across Fronts
Official Vienna statement says progress favorable in Russian Poland and Galicia. German and Austrian forces have driven the enemy from Opatow and Klimetow toward the Vistula. Russians defeated in the Carpathians.
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London
Vienna
Poland
Galicia
Opatow
Klimentow
Vistula River
Carpathian Mountains
Old and Young in World's Series Matchup
The Philadelphia Athletics and Boston Braves meet for the World Series with teams illustrating the old and new in baseball. Athletics average 26 1 2 years, Braves 24 3 4, with veterans Plank Bender Coombs Olding Lapp and Thomas on the roster but many players are younger. Johnny Evers leads Braves with twelve years of play while Rabbit Maranville is a rookie in his second season.
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Philadelphia Athletics
Boston Braves
George Stalling
Boston
Athletics
Braves
Plank
Bender
Coombs
Olding
Lapp
Thomas
Bush
Pennock
Wycoff
Johnny Evers
Philadelphia
Stallings
Rabbit
Maranville
Women anxious for men’s places in wartime London
Remarkable testimony shows the Women's Emergency Corps led by the Duchess of Marlborough has compiled a register of over 15 000 women eager to serve. They include interpreters, horsewomen, motorcyclists, conductors, nurses, domestic workers, and clerical staff ready to fill positions left by men called to fight. The corps offers to provide paid substitutes who would relinquish the job upon the man’s return, manage his belongings, ensure allowances, and support dependents.
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London
England
Women's Emergency Corps
Duchess of Marlborough
Flora Anna Steel
Women’s Emergency Corps
War Office
Emperor declines hospital visit. Archduke to take trip
A Vienna report says Emperor Francis Joseph, following physician advice, will not visit wounded soldiers in hospitals. Archduke Eugene will undertake the hospital visit instead.
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Rome
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Archduke Eugene
Old and Young Mix in Team Outfield and Pitching
The records reveal a blend of ages with Otto Hess as the oldest at 33 years and Paul Strand as the youngest at 19. The notes describe the team’s age distribution across the outfield and pitching staff, highlighting the wide range of ages on the squad.
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Otto Hess
Paul Strand
Russians report German troops in full retreat
Petrograd reports the Russian offensive pressuring German lines with heavy artillery and reinforcements to Koenigsburg. Desperate fighting near Kakalargene, crowded East Prussia railways, and aerial scouts note German withdrawals across the frontier.
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Kakalargene
East Prussia
German newsroom despondent over Vosges front state
Copenhagen correspondents of the Daily News report German papers concede desperation. The North German Gazette notes officers and men fought day and night for thirty seven days, facing a tough mountain defense as French troops hold strong fortified positions and German retreat from water filled trenches remains impossible.
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London
Copenhagen
Daily News
Vosges
Russians Report German Retreat Along East Prussian Front
Havas agency reports Moscow says the German withdrawal continues along the East Prussian frontier with evacuation of fortified positions between Wierzbole and Lyck.
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Paris
Havas
Wierzbole
Lyck
Former Corona Girl Dies in Stockton
Mrs. Black Featherston nee Miss Ethel Smith died in Stockton yesterday afternoon from nervous poisoning. Her parents, Dr. and Mrs. B. H. Smith, learned of her failing health Sunday and Mrs. Smith took the Santa Fe Limited north that night. Whether she reached her bedside is unknown. Funeral arrangements have not been completed but are expected Thursday afternoon.
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Black Featherston
Ethel Smith
Stockton
German General Linked to Louvain Destruction Captured
A Paris dispatch reports General Von Manteuffel, blamed for the Louvain destruction, is in French hands after identification by a Russian attache. The note places the captured commander under Allied control as of October 6.
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Louvain
London
Paris
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